On Monday 15 May, the European Commission published its revised circular economy monitoring framework aimed at improving the state of progress in the transition to a circular economy in the EU.
The indicators show that the EU must continue its efforts to reduce material consumption and waste generation in order to achieve its ambitions for circularity, climate neutrality and zero pollution.
Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius said that the exponential increase in resource extraction is the primary cause of the triple global crisis (climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution). “Most materials, together with the embedded energy and other resources used in their production, are too quickly discarded in our atmosphere, water and land”, comments the Commissioner.
The revised monitoring framework for circular economy includes new indicators (material and consumption footprint, resource productivity). The framework also includes additional indicators to measure progress in waste prevention.
In addition, the framework monitors the contribution of the circular economy to sustainability, climate neutrality and resilience, taking into account the consumption footprint, greenhouse gas emissions from production activities, dependence on imported materials and the EU’s self-sufficiency in key raw materials.
More info: https://aeur.eu/f/6vq (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)